Eaves-trough hanger



April 1933- w. H. GRAY ET AL EAVES THOUGH HANGER Filed April 21, 1931 INVENTOVR '0' ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 18, 19 33 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WILLIAM HAmusoN GRAY AND WILLIA JOSEPH GRAY, or Roonns'rnn, NEW YORK EAVES-TROUGH HANGER Application filed April 21,

means at the inner end ofthe arm. 1 An object of the invention is to provide a novel connection between'thes'upporting arm and the attaching means whereby a strong and durable structure isobtain'ed. -Anotherobject ofthe invention is to make it possible to construct the supporting arm and the at-. taching means from one piece of sheet material while giving a strong and durable structure. Still another means i'sto provide an attaching means of novel form which permits it to be secured to .a support above and/or below the upper surface ofthe inner end of the supporting arm. A further object of the invention is to provide asupporting arm whose inner supported end is material ly stren thened without any increased cost. A still urther object of the invention is to provide a novel upper surface on the supporting arm to prevent water accumulating between the arm and the trough. Still another and furtherobject of the invention is to provide a novel'means of connecting the outer edge of the trough to the supporting arm. Another and still further object of the invention is to make it possible to attach the hangers to a trough before the hangers are secured in position and thereafter to attach the hangerswith the trough to the building.

To these and other ends, the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts all of which will be hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a front view of a fragment of a trough supported on one of the hangers;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal vertical section through the hanger with the trough in section;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the hanger with the clamp removed; 7

Fig. 4. is a rear end view of the hanger;

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5--5, Fig. 2; and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the clamp.

1931. Serial No. 531,744.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention,the supporting arm and the attaching means are formed from'a single piece of sheet metal. 1 The attaching means is in the form of a vertically arranged plate 1 having a downwardly extending opening 2 the sides of which diverge downwardly. The supporting arm has a supporting portion provided with a rib 3 narrower than the width ofthe arm,the top surface 4 of the arm on opposite sides of the rib declining'outwardly from the rib so as to shed water away from the rib. The arm also has marginal depending flanges 5 on its under side, said flanges widening at 6 toward the inner end of the arm and-diverging relatively to each other in a downwardly-direction in their widened portions. At their inner ends theffianges as wellas the top portion of the arm merge into or connect with the walls of the recess 2 so that a strong'and durable connection with the attaching plate is provided.

The trough 7 is of known form with a rolled bead 8 at its outer edge. The outer ends of theflanges'5 provide abutments 9 with which thebead 8 engages. A lip 10 projects fromthe arm beyond the shoulder 9 to engage between the bead 8 and the under face of the trough. j

With the end in view of holdingithe bead with pressure against the abutments 9, a hook clamp is provided and comprises a single piece of spring wire-bent to provide two arms 11 connected at their outer ends by a bend 12 and having outwardlyturned pintles 13 at their inner ends adapted'to be ositioned in a pairofopenings 14 in the ends of the flanges 5 adjacent the abut- 1 ments '9.1 The pairs of openings are atdifferent distances. from the ends of the'arms to provide for adjustment ofthe pivotal axes of the clamp and the shifting may be effected by pressing the arms together so that they maybe passed between the two flanges to cause their pintlesto springinto a, desired pair of openings. The hook holds the head 8 withlpressure against the shoulders 9, and this with the lip 10 passing behind the bead, permitsthehanger to be connected to and heldto the eaves-trough before the latter is attached to a building. The rear edge of the trough lies beneath a forwardly and downwardly projecting lip 15 but it is not necessary to abut such lip as the beaded edge of the trough is firmly held to the hanger. The attaching plate has openings for fasteners 16 on opposite sides below said lip 15, one above the arm and others below the upper surface of the arm. Openings 17 are provided above the lip 15 so that when the brackets are first secured to the trough and then with the trough secured to the building, fastener openings will lie above the rear edge of the trough through which the brackets may be attached to the building.

With this construction, the trough rests on a narrow rib and the upper surfaces of the arm decline in opposite directions to conduct the water away from the rib. The arm connects with the attaching plate in such a manner that the arm is strengthened and at the same time astrong and durable connection with the plate is obtained. The attaching plate is of novel form and permits the same to be secured to the building in an effective manner. The bead on the trough is firmly clamped to the outer end of the arm and may be attached to the trough before being attached to the building, the attaching bracket having an attaching portion projecting above the rear edge of the trough to permit such attachment. This construction makes it possible to aline the front edge of the trough and to use the hanger with troughs of different widths.

What we claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An eaves-trough hanger comprising a vertically arranged attaching plate provided with a downwardly opening recess which is flared in a downward direction, and an integral curved trough supporting arm having two marginal downwardly extending spaced flanges widening toward their inner ends, and flaring with relation to each other toward their inner ends, which connect with the attaching plate at the edges of the recess.

2. An eaves-trough hanger having a curved trough supporting arm formed from sheet metal and provided with marginal depending flanges the top having a median upwardly directed trough supporting rib in spaced relation to opposite sides of the arm, those portions of the upper surface of the arm on opposite sides of said rib declining outwardly in opposite directions to conduct the water away from the rib so as to present a line contact between the trough and arm and thereby pre vent the retention of moisture between the trough and the arm throughout the area of the top of the latter.

3. An eaves-trough hanger comprising a curved trough supporting arm having two marginal spaced flanges extending from the under side thereof and terminating at the outer end of the arm to provide two shoulders for engagement with the under side of a bead on the outer edge of a trough, said arm terminating in a flat lip beyond the shoulders to project between the bead and the under face of the trough, and a hook clamp having two arms connected at their outer ends and having their inner ends spaced and pivoted to the two flanges on the inner sides of said flanges, said clamp being movable on its pivot to engage over the beaded edge of the trough to lold the bead with pressure against the shoulers.

4. An eaves-trough hanger comprising a trough supporting arm provided with outwardly disposed spaced flanges having a plurality of corresponding openings adjacent their outer ends which form shoulders to abut and engage under the bead at the outer edge of a trough and terminating in a flat lip to engage between the bead and body of the trough, and a hook comprising two arms lying between the said spaced flanges and terminating in pintles engageable with selected openings of the flanges, said hook adapted to overlie the trough bead and hold it in engagement with the said shoulders and lip of the arm.

5. An eaves-trough hanger comprising an attaching plate provided at its top with a forwardly and downwardly projecting lip and provided along its sides with a plurality of openings, and an integral supporting arm comprising a top and spaced side portions, the latter gradually widening adjacent their inner ends to form a bracing connection with the said plate and provided adjacent their outer ends with a plurality of corresponding openings, and the top portion terminating in a flat lip beyond the side portions and having a median bead and the adjacent side portions sloped outwardly and downwardly.

WVILLIAM HARRISON GRAY. WILLIAM JOSEPH GRAY. 

